Bikeside LA

63 miles by wheel, crank and pedal, we began our ride from the doors of the Bicycle Kitchen on the corner of Melrose and Heliotrope. I had awoken early on this morning, at 7am, much earlier than my usual rising of ~11pm, and biked from West LA to the intersection of Jefferson and National in [...]

Santa Monica CA – Late Friday evening on Colorado Blvd walkers enjoyed a surreal experience. Strollers on the empty, broad, flat boulevard flanked by corporate offices meticulously manicured shrubbery were quietly overtaken by a sparse group of bikers riding fixed, BMX, and high performance mountain bikes. This rag tag group was oddly subdued while they [...]